Claude Code 2.1.234
By Steven Van ·
Added the optional CLAUDE_CODE_PROJECT_DIR_NAME environment variable: hosts that give each session its own config directory can choose a short name…
Claude Code 2.1.234, released 17 August 2026, adds a GitLab merge request badge, automatic session continuation, and several fixes, detailed in the changelog.
- A new CLAUDE_CODE_PROJECT_DIR_NAME environment variable lets hosts that give each session its own config directory choose a short name for the per-project transcript directory.
- A selection:clear keybinding action can now be bound to a key to clear an in-app text selection, including in the agents view.
- Repos with a GitLab remote and an authenticated glab CLI now show a merge request badge, MR !N with draft, pending or green states, in the footer and statusline.
- Claude Code now continues a session automatically when a claude.ai usage limit resets. This can be turned off in /config under "Continue automatically at usage limit".
- Claude is now told to use the account email only to identify the user, not to send it to unrelated services unless asked.
- Remote file reads, session restore, CLAUDE.md includes, workflow scripts and file uploads now reject Windows NT-namespace (\??\) paths, hardening pre-approval file access checks against the NTLM credential-leak vector.
- Fixed a bug where auto mode in very long sessions repeatedly re-checked and denied sandboxed commands' network access after the conversation had been compacted.
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